Rajasthan Royals locked horns with Kolkata Knight Riders in the recently-concluded fixture at the iconic Eden Gardens in Kolkata. The 56th match of IPL 2023 totally turned out to be an one-sided fixture.
The Knight Riders didn’t have the firepower to put enough runs on the board as they could muster just 149/8 in their quota of 20 overs. Venkatesh Iyer top-scored with 57 off 42 balls including 2 fours and 4 sixes.
In response, Kolkata Knight Riders’ bowlers were clueless in their approach as they failed to stop Rajasthan Royals’ duo Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sanju Samson from going all guns blazing in the run-chase.
The duo added a match-winning 121-run stand for the second wicket which sealed the deal for the inaugural IPL champions. Yashasvi Jaiswal top-scored with an unbeaten 98 off 47 balls including 13 fours and 5 sixes.
Sanju Samson remained unbeaten on 48 off 29 balls with the help of two fours and five hits over the fence at a strike rate of 165.52. Yashasvi Jaiswal was the pick of the batters in the run-chase for RR. He scored the fastest fifty in IPL history.
Star Sports panel mimicks Yuzvendra Chahal’s signature pose with him
After the game, a funny moment featuring Star Sports panel and Yuzvendra Chahal has gone viral on the internet. Star Sports panel could be seen mimicking Yuzvendra Chahal’s signature post with the leg-spinner.
The hilarious picture has been doing the rounds on the internet. Yuzvendra Chahal was the best-performing bowler for the Royals in the game. He accounted for four dismissals, giving away 4/25 in four overs.
In the process, he also went past DJ Bravo to become the leading wicket-taker in IPL.
Kolkata Knight Riders’ playing XI: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Jason Roy, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana (c), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy
Rajasthan Royals’ playing XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Joe Root, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Sandeep Sharma, KM Asif, Yuzvendra Chahal
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